The Rest of Spring Retreat

I thought I had shared just about all of the photos that I had… but as I was cleaning up my files I stumbled on some more! So here is the final batch of photos from our Spring Retreat Weekend of Fun and Stamping!

We had a "Game Night" one night where everyone was given these darling little bags:

Inside was a deck of cards wrapped in DSP and a bunch of Poker Chips! The Chips all had a given value and we had a ton of games set up where everyone was to bet their chips on winning the games:

And at the end of Game Night, there was a HUGE table of prizes that they could cash in their chips for!

Another fun thing that I did for all of the participants was sneak up to the rooms while they were doing their last stamping class of the night and left them pillow gifts both nights. The first night's Pillow Gift was a Notebook and a Pencil that had "Heartfelt Stamper's" Engraved in it.

The second pillow gift was an invitation to our Sweet Pea Tea the next morning and a "Grow Kit":

A shot of the place settings from the Sweet Pea Tea:

Ladies Stamping!

And More Stamping!

And a Group Shot of most of the Attendees!

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Welcome to Spring Retreat!

Over the next few days I'm going to share with you all that I've been so busy with and what has prevented me from doing more blogging… our Spring Retreat Weekend!! I won't be sharing the actual projects we made all weekend as that is all just for attendees, but I WILL be sharing with you all of the extras around the event which does include lots of stamping ideas!

So to start off, here are some Welcome photos!!!

Our Retreat Weekends are the kind of event people fly in for – so on Thursday Night I had a crew of girls fly in and stay at my home so that they were here for when we started on Friday afternoon! They ended up getting put to work helping me put the finishing touches on things – here they are preparing everyone's project bags! All of the attendees received these totes with cut material packets for all of their classes for the entire weekend…

Friday morning loading up the cars was a chore and a half!! We couldn't even get everything in mine, Jen had to load her car up with passengers and their luggage! Here's my poor car's cargo…

Then it was off to the lodge! Here's a look at our home for the weekend!

Everyone got settled into their bedrooms, look at the massive lodging we have! The ENTIRE upstairs is bedrooms and bathrooms!

I put a different "Room Sign" on each of the doors using Stampin' Up! Designer Papers…

One of the rooms…

Then it was off to getting the stamping space set up! Here's a look at the "Bonus Stations" — I had set up these long tables with bonus projects for people to complete during down time in the evenings or in between classes — whenever they had a break!

We also had tons of Display Boards set up for inspiration, I had shared that in yesterday's highlights post… Then as people came in, they each got a Stampin' Up! Product on their back…

Then they were able to ask each person 1 yes or no question to try and guess what product they were! When they found out what product they were, they came for me for a little welcome gift – a Satin Ribbon Sampler!

And that was all just the beginning!! Tomorrow I will be sharing you highlights from our "Paris Nights" Dinner Party which include LOTS of 3-D Stamping Project ideas!!

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Don't Forget!

• To register for the May Card Making Class!! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To order from the Clearance Rack Today!!! Click Here to get started!!
  
• To join the Stampin' Up! Family and receive two FREE Technique DVDs! Click Here for more details! Contact Me to get started today!
  
• To order your favorite Retiring Stampin' Up! Colors before they are gone forever! Click Here for more details!
  
• To place a qualifying order to receive FREE Designer Brads! Click Here for more details!
  
• To order your May Card Kit of the Month!! Click Here for more details!

Spring Retreat – Downloadable Brochure FIXED!

Hi Everyone!

Thank you to those who let me know that the link to download the PDF File for our Spring Retreat Weekend wasn't working. It took me a while to figure it all out (technology past the simple uploading of photos is much beyond me) but I've been able to get it fixed, Hooray!!!

Here is the link you need to download this brochure: http://alystamps.com/wp-content/uploads/Spring Retreat 2010 Brochure.pdf

We are SO EXCITED about this upcoming Retreat Weekend – it's going to be a blast!!

I also just wanted to take a minute to clarify that this retreat is OPEN to Customers that are in a Customer/Demonstrator Relationship with Members of the Heartfelt Stamper's Team. I had a conversation with a good customer the other day and when I mentioned the Retreat she said "Oh, but isn't that just for your downline?" and it occurred to me that I might not have done a good of enough job explaining that! These retreat weekends are normally only open to my downline, so if you're a long time customer and used to that things are different this year! For this LIMITED TIME we are opening it up to customers that are in a Customer/Demonstrator Relationship with Members of the Heartfelt Stamper's Team. We will NOT be opening it up like this again in the foreseeable future, so it isn't an opportunity to say "Maybe next time" on…. this is it, this is your chance!!

Priced at just $165 for Demos and $190 for Guests for ALL THREE DAYS (less for Saturday Only), including your overnight accommodations, non stop entertainment, over THIRTY different Stamping Projects and massive gifts and giveaways – this is one affordable retreat that you won't want to miss!!! It's even affordable when you add in the price of a plane ticket! The retreat is coming up on April 16th – 18th, and the Registration Deadline is March 26th – less than one month away! So be sure to sit down and get registered today!!!

I also just wanted to let every know of a very sad occurrence from this past weekend. If you've been following my blog, we were supposed to have a Stampin' Up! Regional Seminar in Syracuse, NY. All of my stamping efforts for the past 3 weeks have been preparing for this event, and it had to be canceled due to a Winter Storm… BIG Bummer!!! BUT, I am optimistic that Stampin' Up! will reschedule and that I'll have the opportunity to hang on to everything I made and share it with the attendees later. So, if you've been waiting to see all of the things I made, you'll have to wait quite a bit longer as I don't want to post them so that they are a surprise for the girls.

But, if it isn't announced before April 16th that they're coming back, everything that I've made for Regionals will be used for Spring Retreat! This is IN ADDITION to all of the already planned Spring Retreat festivities. What does this mean? Spring Retreat is THE PLACE TO BE!

Before I go, I'll share just a couple more photos from past retreat weekends from 2007 to the present, you can see how much they've grown!…

And at one retreat back in 2008, someone had taken a picture of everything they made over the course of the weekend. When you lay it all out… WOW!!!! You really DO make a lot and learn a lot!

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE THIS YEAR!!!